Legend Entertainment Company was an American developer and publisher of computer games, best known for creating adventure titles throughout the 1990s. The company was founded by Bob Bates (pictured) and Mike Verdu. Legend also negotiated licenses to popular book series and earned a reputation for comedic adventures. Industry changes led to increased competition by the mid-1990s and expenses for graphics rose without a similar increase in sales. As a result Legend outsourced marketing and distribution and focused on development. While the studio's adventure titles suffered, working with game publishers allowed it to experiment with more action-oriented titles. Legend fully pivoted to first-person shooters thanks to a relationship with Unreal developer Tim Sweeney and an acquisition by publisher GT Interactive. Sales continued to dwindle, followed by the commercial failure of Unreal II: The Awakening in 2003. The studio was shut down in January 2004, with staff moving to other game companies.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1689:

The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

1906:

SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia

1987:

After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer

2012:

Croatia held a referendum on becoming a member of the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

skimble-skamble: Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skimble-skamble

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

You can decide what you want to eat for dinner, you can decide to go away for the weekend, and you can decide what clothes you’re going to wear in the morning, but when it comes to artistic things, there’s never a rhyme or reason. It’s, like, they just happen. And they happen when they happen.   --Meat Loaf https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf